Llwyncwn
Well-Known Member
As a YO, 6 horses on my yard have been x-rayed over the last 18 months who have schooling/hacking issues only to find that they have spavin. Last week my lovely mare came in lame with swollen tendon/annular ligament. After initial examination she was lame on both hinds and went into clinic for lameness workup which showed spavin in both hocks, along with other things.
This makes 4 of my horses who have spavin. OH asked if this was the new fashion (?) to which vets explained that until recently there wasnt the technology or interest (in Wales) to identify it, and that most people owning horses with spavin would put the problems down to lazy horses, give them a kick to move forward.
Thinking back to our old Harry Boy who passed away two years ago, he would labour down hill, hacking would drift towards the middle of the road, and I would use my legs to push him on (as in lazy horse).
Horses dont get up in the morning and plan how to Pi$$ us off, they normally try their upmost to do as we ask, unless it is physically impossible.
My question is ... how many of you have had spavin confirmed by x-ray and how many of you think that there is a problem, but havnt done anything about it?
My equine vets say that "watch all the equine sports on TV and the trained eye will see hind limb lameness in most".
My beautiful mare is facing a GA next week and I would really like to hear of everyones experiences, thoughts, possitive or negative.
This makes 4 of my horses who have spavin. OH asked if this was the new fashion (?) to which vets explained that until recently there wasnt the technology or interest (in Wales) to identify it, and that most people owning horses with spavin would put the problems down to lazy horses, give them a kick to move forward.
Thinking back to our old Harry Boy who passed away two years ago, he would labour down hill, hacking would drift towards the middle of the road, and I would use my legs to push him on (as in lazy horse).
Horses dont get up in the morning and plan how to Pi$$ us off, they normally try their upmost to do as we ask, unless it is physically impossible.
My question is ... how many of you have had spavin confirmed by x-ray and how many of you think that there is a problem, but havnt done anything about it?
My equine vets say that "watch all the equine sports on TV and the trained eye will see hind limb lameness in most".
My beautiful mare is facing a GA next week and I would really like to hear of everyones experiences, thoughts, possitive or negative.